About the Artwork
Monroe, New York
ca. 1938
William Sanger
born 1888
American
Unknown
Etching printed in black ink on wove paper
Plate: 9 7/8 × 7 inches (25.1 × 17.8 cm) Sheet: 16 × 11 1/2 inches (40.6 × 29.2 cm)
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Gift of Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project
43.348
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Markings
Signed, in pencil, lower right: William Sanger
Inscribed, in pencil, lower center: Monroe - New York, lower right corner: 9
Watermark: BFK Stamped, in black, lower left: FEDERAL ART PROJECT | NYC WPA
Provenance
Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project
1943-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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All works created under the Federal Art Project (FAP) are in the public domain.
William Sanger, Monroe, New York, ca. 1938, etching printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 43.348.
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